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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第31章|Part 2 Chapter 29

属类： 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读：[44374]
《堂吉诃德》是一部幽默诙谐、滑稽可笑、充满了奇思妙想的长篇文学巨著。此书主要描写了一个有趣、可敬、可悲、喜欢自欺欺人的没落贵族堂吉诃德，他痴狂地迷恋古代骑士小说，以至于放弃家业，用破甲驽马装扮成古代骑士的样子，再雇佣农民桑乔作侍从，三次出征周游全国，去创建所谓的扶弱锄强的骑士业绩。他们在征险的生涯中闹出了许多笑话，到处碰壁受辱，堂吉诃德多次被打成重伤，有一次还被当成疯子关在笼子里遣送回乡。最后，他因征战不利郁郁寡欢而与世长辞，临终前他那一番貌似悔悟的话语让人匪夷所思又哭笑不得。
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桑乔感觉自己得到了公爵夫人的赏识，很高兴。他想，他在这座城堡里得到的款待不会亚于在迭戈和巴西利奥家得到的待遇。桑乔总是想过舒适的生活，所以只要有机会，他就决不放过。

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据说公爵抢先一步回到了别墅或者城堡，向佣人们吩咐接待唐吉诃德的方法。唐吉诃德刚同公爵夫人来到城堡门口，就有两个穿着洋红色细缎晨衣的仆役或马夫从城堡里出来，把唐吉诃德从马上迅速扶了下来，又对唐吉诃德说：

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“请您扶我们的公爵夫人下马。”

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唐吉诃德要去扶公爵夫人下马，结果两人客气了半天，公爵夫人坚持要公爵抱她下马，说不能让堂堂的大骑士做这种小事。最后，还是公爵出来把她抱下了马。他们刚走进一个大院子，就有两位美丽的少女往唐吉诃德肩上披了一条红色大披巾。院子的走廊里立刻挤满了男女佣人，他们高声喊道：

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“欢迎游侠骑士的精英！”

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所有人，或者说大部分人，还往唐吉诃德、公爵和公爵夫人身上洒香水。唐吉诃德又惊又喜，这是他第一次切切实实地体验到自己是个游侠骑士了。这并非幻觉，他亲身体验到了过去只有在书里才能看到的游侠骑士所享受的待遇。

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桑乔没有去照顾他的驴，紧随着公爵夫人进了城堡。可是，他又不忍心把驴孤零零地留在外面，就走到一群出来迎接公爵夫人的女仆面前，对其中一位老妇低声说：

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“冈萨雷斯夫人，或者您的芳名是……”

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“我叫唐娜罗德里格斯·德格里哈尔瓦。”老妇说道，“你有什么吩咐，兄弟？”

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桑乔回答道：

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“我想请您出城堡门一趟，我的灰驴还在外面。劳驾您找人或者您本人把它带到马厩里去。那可怜的驴胆小，从来没这样单独待过。”

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“主人聪明，侍从也机灵，”老妇说，“真让我们长见识。去你的吧，兄弟，算你和带你来的那个人倒霉，你还是自己去照顾你的驴吧，这儿的女仆可没干过这种活儿！”

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“可是，我确实听我的主人说过兰萨罗特的故事。我的主人满肚子都是故事。他说过：

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他来自布列塔尼，

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夫人们为他治伤，

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女仆们为他看驴。

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我这头驴，要是兰萨罗特大人拿他的坐骑来换，我还不干呢。”

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“兄弟，你真有意思。”老妇说，“把你的滑稽留到有人掏钱听你说的地方去说吧，我这儿最多只能给你一下子。”

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“那可好，”桑乔说，“您这一下子准轻不了。冲您这把年纪，您准亏不了！”

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“婊子养的！”老妇发起怒来，说道，“我年纪老不老，我自己会告诉上帝，用不着告诉你，你这个混蛋，没教养的东西！”

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老妇这句话的声音很高，公爵夫人也听见了。她回过头来，看见老妇怒不可遏，眼睛都红了，就问她在同谁说话。

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“我刚才同这位好人说话，”老妇说，“他非叫我把城堡门口他的驴送到马厩去，还举例说，不知是在什么地方，有几位夫人为一个兰萨罗特治伤，有女仆照看他的驴。最不像话的就是他竟说我老了。”

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“如果是说我，”公爵夫人说，“我也会觉得这话比什么都厉害。”

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她又对桑乔说：

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“你应该知道，桑乔朋友，唐娜罗德里格斯还很年轻。她戴头巾主要是保持尊严和出于习惯，并不是因为年纪大了。”

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“我要是有那个意思，就让我余生不得安宁！”桑乔说，“我只是想说，我太心疼我的驴了，要交给像唐娜罗德里格斯夫人这样慈祥的人照管才行。”

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这些话唐吉诃德全听到了。他对桑乔说：

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“这些话是在这种地方讲的吗？”

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“大人，”桑乔说，“一个人不论在什么地方，都可以按照自己的需要讲话。我在这儿想起了驴，就在这儿说驴；如果我在马厩里想起来，就在马厩里说。”

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公爵说道：

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“桑乔说得很对，他完全没有责任。桑乔你尽管放心，你的驴会得到应有的照顾，他们会像对待你一样对待你的驴。”

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公爵这么一说，大家都很高兴，只有唐吉诃德除外。大家登上城堡高处，把唐吉诃德让进一座装饰着极其贵重的金色锦缎的客厅。六名少女帮助唐吉诃德脱下盔甲。这些少女事先已被公爵和公爵夫人教过，应当如何招待唐吉诃德，以便让他觉得自己是被当作游侠骑士款待的。唐吉诃德脱去盔甲后，身上只剩瘦腿裤和羊皮紧身坎肩，显得又细又高又瘦又干瘪，两颊瘦得几乎贴在一起了。看他那个样子，若不是主人事先嘱咐的几点注意事项里有一项是必须忍住笑，这几位少女早就笑出声来了。

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她们请求唐吉诃德把衣服都脱下来，她们要给他换件衬衣。唐吉诃德坚决不同意，说游侠骑士的尊严同勇气一样重要。不过，他让人把衬衣交给了桑乔，自己则同桑乔一起躲进了一个小房间。房间里有个豪华床，唐吉诃德脱光衣服，换上了衬衣。他见只有自己和桑乔在场，就对桑乔说道：

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“告诉我，你这个新小丑、老笨蛋，你觉得让那样一位令人尊敬的老妇人难堪对吗？那是你说你的驴的时候吗？或者说，像他们这样的大人既然能对客人百般照顾，还能让客人的驴受委屈吗？上帝保佑，桑乔，你得注意点儿，别露了馅，让人看出你是个乡巴佬。你呀，真糟糕！你记住，佣人表现得越好，越有教养，主人就越受到尊重；王公贵人居于其他人之上的一大高贵之处就是：他们拥有像自己一样高贵的佣人。算你苦命。算我倒霉！你难道没发现，如果人们看出你是个粗俗的乡巴佬或滑稽的傻瓜，就会把我也当成江湖骗子、冒牌骑士？别这样了，桑乔朋友，千万别再做这些失礼的事情了。爱多嘴又爱出洋相的人稍有闪失，就会被人看成是令人讨厌的骗子。管好你的舌头吧，说话之前再三考虑一下，别忘了，承蒙上帝的恩赐，靠我臂膀的力量，咱们的名声以及财产前景可观呢。”

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桑乔十分恳切地答应唐吉诃德，他一定会按照主人的吩咐，管好自己的嘴巴，藏好自己的舌头，不经过仔细考虑不说话。他让唐吉诃德放心，自己不会给主人丢脸。

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唐吉诃德穿好衣服，把皮肩带连同剑披挂在身上，再披上红色的披巾，戴上少女们为他准备的绿缎帽子。穿戴停当，他走出小房间，来到一个大厅里。少女们分排站立，手里都端着洗手水，毕恭毕敬地请他洗手。十二个侍者连同管家又来请他去吃饭，说主人已经在恭候了。这些人前呼后拥地围着唐吉诃德来到了另一个大厅，厅里已经摆好一桌丰盛的酒席，桌子上只有四套餐具。公爵和公爵夫人在大厅门口迎接，他们身旁还有一位庄重的教士，这种教士是专为贵族管家的。这种教士并非出身于贵族，所以并不知道该如何教育贵族，而是以小人之心去度君子之腹。所以，他们只希望他们管理的贵族家庭心胸狭隘，成为可怜人。我说的这位陪同公爵和公爵夫人出来迎接唐吉诃德的教士，大概就是这种人。他们极其客气地寒暄一番，又左右相伴地陪同唐吉诃德来到桌前。公爵请唐吉诃德坐在首席上。尽管唐吉诃德再三推辞，公爵还是坚持，唐吉诃德只好从命。教士坐在唐吉诃德的对面，公爵和公爵夫人分坐在唐吉诃德两侧。

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桑乔也一直在场。他看到公爵夫妇对唐吉诃德如此礼遇，不胜惊奇。他见公爵和唐吉诃德你推我让，互相请对方坐在首席，就说：

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“如果你们二位允许的话，我给你们讲一个我们村里关于坐席的故事吧。”

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桑乔此话一出口，唐吉诃德不禁一哆嗦，他知道桑乔肯定又要说什么傻话了。桑乔看见了，懂得唐吉诃德的心思，就说道：

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“我的大人，您不必害怕我会胡来，或者说一些不该说的东西。您嘱咐我的说多说少、说好说坏那一套，我都没忘。”

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“我倒什么也不记得了，桑乔。”唐吉诃德说，“你随便说吧，反正你来得快。”

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“我说的都是实话，”桑乔说，“有我的主人唐吉诃德在场，他不让我说谎。”

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“你随便说谎，桑乔，”唐吉诃德说，“我不管，不过你说话要先想想。”

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“我已经再三想过了，谁想找茬儿都没门儿，您回头就知道了。”

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“诸位最好还是让这个笨蛋出去吧，”唐吉诃德说，“否则他不知道要说多少胡话呢。”

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“我以公爵的名义发誓，”公爵夫人说，“千万别让桑乔走开。我很喜欢他，他很机灵。”

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“承蒙您对我信任，”桑乔说，“可是我并不机灵。但愿夫人您永远机灵。我要讲的故事是这样的：我们村的一个贵族要请客。这个贵族很富有，而且有势力，是阿拉莫斯·德梅迪纳·德尔坎波家族的人。他同圣地亚哥骑士团骑士唐阿隆索·马拉尼翁的女儿唐娜门西亚·基尼奥内斯结了婚。唐阿隆索·马拉尼翁在埃拉杜拉淹死了，为此几年前在我们村还发生过一场争斗。我记得我的主人唐吉诃德也参加了，结果铁匠巴尔巴斯特罗的儿子，那个淘气鬼托马西略受了伤……这难道不是真事吗，我的主人？您倒是说句话呀，别让他们以为我是个多嘴多舌的骗子。”

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“在此之前，”教士说，“我认为你倒不像说谎的人，只像个多嘴的人，不过从现在开始，我就不知道该怎么看你了。”

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唐吉诃德说：“你举了这么多例证，桑乔，又介绍了这么多情况，我不能不说，你说的大概都是实话。你接着说吧，把故事讲简短些。照你这么讲，两天也讲不完。”

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“你不必讲得简短，”公爵夫人说，“我喜欢听。相反，你知道什么就讲什么，即使六天都讲不完也没关系。如果真能讲那么多天，那也是我平生最愉快的日子。”

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“那么，诸位大人，”桑乔接着说下去，“我对这个贵族了如指掌，他家离我家只有一箭之地。他请的客人是个穷农夫。

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农夫虽然穷，却是个正派人。”

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“接着说吧，兄弟，”教士说，“像你这么讲，恐怕这辈子也讲不完了。”

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“只要上帝保佑，用半辈子就能讲完。”桑乔说，“后来，农夫到了那个请客的贵族家。那个贵族现在已经死了，愿他的灵魂安息。据说他死得很安详。我当时不在场，到腾布莱克收割去了……”

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“我的天啊，那你就赶紧从腾布莱克回来吧。如果你不想为那个贵族举行葬礼，就把他埋了拉倒，赶紧把故事讲完吧。”

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“问题是，”桑乔说，“当两个人正要入席的时候……此刻他们好像就在我眼前，很清楚。”

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教士见桑乔讲得罗罗嗦嗦，断断续续，很不耐烦，唐吉诃德也是强压着怒火，公爵和公爵夫人却听得津津有味。

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“我刚才说，他们正要入席。”桑乔说，“农夫一定要贵族坐在首席，贵族则坚持让农夫坐在首席，说在他家里就得听他的。可农夫自以为懂规矩，有教养，就是不肯坐在首席。后来那贵族火了，双手按着农夫的肩膀，硬逼他坐了下来，并且对他说：‘坐下吧，你这个笨蛋，我无论坐在什么地方，总是在你上首。’这就是我的故事。我觉得没有什么不合适的地方。”

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唐吉诃德那本来是褐色的脸上，此时又仿佛涂上了无数种颜色。桑乔话里有话，他已经听明白了，有些羞愧难当。公爵和公爵夫人只好强忍着笑。为了转移一下话题，以免桑乔再继续说下去，公爵夫人就问唐吉诃德，有没有关于杜尔西内亚的消息；此外，他一定又打败了不少巨人和坏蛋，是不是又派他们去拜见杜尔西内亚了。唐吉诃德答道：

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“夫人，我的不幸从来都是有始有终的。我打败过巨人，我派遣过坏蛋和恶棍去拜见杜尔西为亚夫人，可是她已经被魔法变成一个难以想象的丑农妇了，我派去的那些坏蛋又怎么能找到她呢？”

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“这我就不知道了，”桑乔说，“我觉得她是世界上最漂亮的人；另外，若论轻盈和灵巧，她不亚于一个翻筋斗的演员。

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她能像猫一样从地面一下子蹿到驴背上。”

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“你看见过那个被魔法改变了模样的杜尔西内亚夫人吗？”公爵问。

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“什么看见呀！”桑乔说，“是哪个家伙第一个发现她被魔法改变了模样的？不就是我吗？此事千真万确！”

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教士听他们讲什么巨人呀、恶棍呀、魔法呀，意识到旁边这个客人大概就是曼查的唐吉诃德。关于唐吉诃德的那本小说公爵经常阅读。教士曾多次责怪公爵，说阅读这种胡说八道的东西本身就是一种无聊。可现在，他怀疑的事竟变成了现实。于是他十分恼火，对公爵说道：

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“大人，您必须向上帝交代这个人做的好事！这个唐吉诃德，或者唐笨蛋，或者随便怎么称呼他吧，并不像您希望的那样糊涂，他只是趁机在您面前装疯卖傻。”

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教士又转身对唐吉诃德说：

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“还有你，蠢货，谁告诉你，说你是游侠骑士，还战胜了巨人，抓住了坏蛋？你趁早走人吧！我还告诉你，你回你的家里去，如果有孩子，养好你的孩子，管好你的财产，别再到处乱跑，装傻充愣，让认识你或不认识你的人笑话你啦。你这个倒霉鬼，无论是过去还是现在，你什么时候见过游侠骑士？西班牙有巨人吗？曼查有坏蛋吗？有你说的那个遭受魔法迫害的杜尔西内亚吗？有你说的那堆乱七八糟的东西吗？”

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唐吉诃德认真倾听着那位令人尊敬的教士慷慨直言。见教士不说话了，唐吉诃德才不顾公爵和公爵夫人在座，满面怒容地站起来说道……

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至于唐吉诃德怎样说，需专门记录一章。

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By stages as already described or left undescribed, two days after quitting the grove Don Quixote and Sancho reached the river Ebro, and the sight of it was a great delight to Don Quixote as he contemplated and gazed upon the charms of its banks, the clearness of its stream, the gentleness of its current and the abundance of its crystal waters; and the pleasant view revived a thousand tender thoughts in his mind. Above all, he dwelt upon what he had seen in the cave of Montesinos; for though Master Pedro’s ape had told him that of those things part was true, part false, he clung more to their truth than to their falsehood, the very reverse of Sancho, who held them all to be downright lies.

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As they were thus proceeding, then, they discovered a small boat, without oars or any other gear, that lay at the water’s edge tied to the stem of a tree growing on the bank. Don Quixote looked all round, and seeing nobody, at once, without more ado, dismounted from Rocinante and bade Sancho get down from Dapple and tie both beasts securely to the trunk of a poplar or willow that stood there. Sancho asked him the reason of this sudden dismounting and tying. Don Quixote made answer, “Thou must know, Sancho, that this bark is plainly, and without the possibility of any alternative, calling and inviting me to enter it, and in it go to give aid to some knight or other person of distinction in need of it, who is no doubt in some sore strait; for this is the way of the books of chivalry and of the enchanters who figure and speak in them. When a knight is involved in some difficulty from which he cannot be delivered save by the hand of another knight, though they may be at a distance of two or three thousand leagues or more one from the other, they either take him up on a cloud, or they provide a bark for him to get into, and in less than the twinkling of an eye they carry him where they will and where his help is required; and so, Sancho, this bark is placed here for the same purpose; this is as true as that it is now day, and ere this one passes tie Dapple and Rocinante together, and then in God’s hand be it to guide us; for I would not hold back from embarking, though barefooted friars were to beg me.”

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“As that’s the case,” said Sancho, “and your worship chooses to give in to these — I don’t know if I may call them absurdities — at every turn, there’s nothing for it but to obey and bow the head, bearing in mind the proverb, ‘Do as thy master bids thee, and sit down to table with him;’ but for all that, for the sake of easing my conscience, I warn your worship that it is my opinion this bark is no enchanted one, but belongs to some of the fishermen of the river, for they catch the best shad in the world here.”

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As Sancho said this, he tied the beasts, leaving them to the care and protection of the enchanters with sorrow enough in his heart. Don Quixote bade him not be uneasy about deserting the animals, “for he who would carry themselves over such longinquous roads and regions would take care to feed them.”

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“I don’t understand that logiquous,” said Sancho, “nor have I ever heard the word all the days of my life.”

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“Longinquous,” replied Don Quixote, “means far off; but it is no wonder thou dost not understand it, for thou art not bound to know Latin, like some who pretend to know it and don’t.”

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“Now they are tied,” said Sancho; “what are we to do next?”

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“What?” said Don Quixote, “cross ourselves and weigh anchor; I mean, embark and cut the moorings by which the bark is held;” and the bark began to drift away slowly from the bank. But when Sancho saw himself somewhere about two yards out in the river, he began to tremble and give himself up for lost; but nothing distressed him more than hearing Dapple bray and seeing Rocinante struggling to get loose, and said he to his master, “Dapple is braying in grief at our leaving him, and Rocinante is trying to escape and plunge in after us. O dear friends, peace be with you, and may this madness that is taking us away from you, turned into sober sense, bring us back to you.” And with this he fell weeping so bitterly, that Don Quixote said to him, sharply and angrily, “What art thou afraid of, cowardly creature? What art thou weeping at, heart of butter-paste? Who pursues or molests thee, thou soul of a tame mouse? What dost thou want, unsatisfied in the very heart of abundance? Art thou, perchance, tramping barefoot over the Riphaean mountains, instead of being seated on a bench like an archduke on the tranquil stream of this pleasant river, from which in a short space we shall come out upon the broad sea? But we must have already emerged and gone seven hundred or eight hundred leagues; and if I had here an astrolabe to take the altitude of the pole, I could tell thee how many we have travelled, though either I know little, or we have already crossed or shall shortly cross the equinoctial line which parts the two opposite poles midway.”

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“And when we come to that line your worship speaks of,” said Sancho, “how far shall we have gone?”

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“Very far,” said Don Quixote, “for of the three hundred and sixty degrees that this terraqueous globe contains, as computed by Ptolemy, the greatest cosmographer known, we shall have travelled one-half when we come to the line I spoke of.”

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“By God,” said Sancho, “your worship gives me a nice authority for what you say, putrid Dolly something transmogrified, or whatever it is.”

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Don Quixote laughed at the interpretation Sancho put upon “computed,” and the name of the cosmographer Ptolemy, and said he, “Thou must know, Sancho, that with the Spaniards and those who embark at Cadiz for the East Indies, one of the signs they have to show them when they have passed the equinoctial line I told thee of, is, that the lice die upon everybody on board the ship, and not a single one is left, or to be found in the whole vessel if they gave its weight in gold for it; so, Sancho, thou mayest as well pass thy hand down thy thigh, and if thou comest upon anything alive we shall be no longer in doubt; if not, then we have crossed.”

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“I don’t believe a bit of it,” said Sancho; “still, I’ll do as your worship bids me; though I don’t know what need there is for trying these experiments, for I can see with my own eyes that we have not moved five yards away from the bank, or shifted two yards from where the animals stand, for there are Rocinante and Dapple in the very same place where we left them; and watching a point, as I do now, I swear by all that’s good, we are not stirring or moving at the pace of an ant.”

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“Try the test I told thee of, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “and don’t mind any other, for thou knowest nothing about colures, lines, parallels, zodiacs, ecliptics, poles, solstices, equinoxes, planets, signs, bearings, the measures of which the celestial and terrestrial spheres are composed; if thou wert acquainted with all these things, or any portion of them, thou wouldst see clearly how many parallels we have cut, what signs we have seen, and what constellations we have left behind and are now leaving behind. But again I tell thee, feel and hunt, for I am certain thou art cleaner than a sheet of smooth white paper.”

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Sancho felt, and passing his hand gently and carefully down to the hollow of his left knee, he looked up at his master and said, “Either the test is a false one, or we have not come to where your worship says, nor within many leagues of it.”

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“Why, how so?” asked Don Quixote; “hast thou come upon aught?”

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“Ay, and aughts,” replied Sancho; and shaking his fingers he washed his whole hand in the river along which the boat was quietly gliding in midstream, not moved by any occult intelligence or invisible enchanter, but simply by the current, just there smooth and gentle.

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They now came in sight of some large water mills that stood in the middle of the river, and the instant Don Quixote saw them he cried out, “Seest thou there, my friend? there stands the castle or fortress, where there is, no doubt, some knight in durance, or ill-used queen, or infanta, or princess, in whose aid I am brought hither.”

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“What the devil city, fortress, or castle is your worship talking about, senor?” said Sancho; “don’t you see that those are mills that stand in the river to grind corn?”

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“Hold thy peace, Sancho,” said Don Quixote; “though they look like mills they are not so; I have already told thee that enchantments transform things and change their proper shapes; I do not mean to say they really change them from one form into another, but that it seems as though they did, as experience proved in the transformation of Dulcinea, sole refuge of my hopes.”

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By this time, the boat, having reached the middle of the stream, began to move less slowly than hitherto. The millers belonging to the mills, when they saw the boat coming down the river, and on the point of being sucked in by the draught of the wheels, ran out in haste, several of them, with long poles to stop it, and being all mealy, with faces and garments covered with flour, they presented a sinister appearance. They raised loud shouts, crying, “Devils of men, where are you going to? Are you mad? Do you want to drown yourselves, or dash yourselves to pieces among these wheels?”

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“Did I not tell thee, Sancho,” said Don Quixote at this, “that we had reached the place where I am to show what the might of my arm can do? See what ruffians and villains come out against me; see what monsters oppose me; see what hideous countenances come to frighten us! You shall soon see, scoundrels!” And then standing up in the boat he began in a loud voice to hurl threats at the millers, exclaiming, “Ill-conditioned and worse-counselled rabble, restore to liberty and freedom the person ye hold in durance in this your fortress or prison, high or low or of whatever rank or quality he be, for I am Don Quixote of La Mancha, otherwise called the Knight of the Lions, for whom, by the disposition of heaven above, it is reserved to give a happy issue to this adventure;” and so saying he drew his sword and began making passes in the air at the millers, who, hearing but not understanding all this nonsense, strove to stop the boat, which was now getting into the rushing channel of the wheels. Sancho fell upon his knees devoutly appealing to heaven to deliver him from such imminent peril; which it did by the activity and quickness of the millers, who, pushing against the boat with their poles, stopped it, not, however, without upsetting and throwing Don Quixote and Sancho into the water; and lucky it was for Don Quixote that he could swim like a goose, though the weight of his armour carried him twice to the bottom; and had it not been for the millers, who plunged in and hoisted them both out, it would have been Troy town with the pair of them. As soon as, more drenched than thirsty, they were landed, Sancho went down on his knees and with clasped hands and eyes raised to heaven, prayed a long and fervent prayer to God to deliver him evermore from the rash projects and attempts of his master. The fishermen, the owners of the boat, which the mill-wheels had knocked to pieces, now came up, and seeing it smashed they proceeded to strip Sancho and to demand payment for it from Don Quixote; but he with great calmness, just as if nothing had happened him, told the millers and fishermen that he would pay for the bark most cheerfully, on condition that they delivered up to him, free and unhurt, the person or persons that were in durance in that castle of theirs.

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“What persons or what castle art thou talking of, madman? Art thou for carrying off the people who come to grind corn in these mills?”

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“That’s enough,” said Don Quixote to himself, “it would be preaching in the desert to attempt by entreaties to induce this rabble to do any virtuous action. In this adventure two mighty enchanters must have encountered one another, and one frustrates what the other attempts; one provided the bark for me, and the other upset me; God help us, this world is all machinations and schemes at cross purposes one with the other. I can do no more.” And then turning towards the mills he said aloud, “Friends, whoe’er ye be that are immured in that prison, forgive me that, to my misfortune and yours, I cannot deliver you from your misery; this adventure is doubtless reserved and destined for some other knight.”

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So saying he settled with the fishermen, and paid fifty reals for the boat, which Sancho handed to them very much against the grain, saying, “With a couple more bark businesses like this we shall have sunk our whole capital.”

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The fishermen and the millers stood staring in amazement at the two figures, so very different to all appearance from ordinary men, and were wholly unable to make out the drift of the observations and questions Don Quixote addressed to them; and coming to the conclusion that they were madmen, they left them and betook themselves, the millers to their mills, and the fishermen to their huts. Don Quixote and Sancho returned to their beasts, and to their life of beasts, and so ended the adventure of the enchanted bark.

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